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\contentsline {xchapter}{Introduction}{2}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {1.1}{\ignorespaces Identification of Fraunhofer lines}}{3}
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\contentsline {xchapter}{Wave Heating of the Chromosphere}{26}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {2.1}{\ignorespaces Magneto-acoustic wave modes}}{40}
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\contentsline {xchapter}{Instrumentation}{47}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {3.1}{\ignorespaces {{\sl DST}} data summary}}{50}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {3.2}{\ignorespaces {{\sl TRACE}} passbands}}{52}
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\contentsline {xchapter}{Oscillations in {Ca\nobreakspace {}{\sc ii}\nobreakspace {}K$_3$} Observations of the Quiet-Sun Network}{56}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {4.1}{\ignorespaces Oscillations found in network regions.}}{59}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {4.2}{\ignorespaces Frequencies detected in seven NBPs}}{72}
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\contentsline {xchapter}{Oscillations in Multi-Wavelength Optical Observations of the Quiet-Sun Network}{77}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {5.1}{\ignorespaces Details of {{\sl DST}} dataset}}{80}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {5.2}{\ignorespaces Summary of frequencies and correlations for NBP7}}{93}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {5.3}{\ignorespaces Summary of frequencies and correlations for NBP2}}{94}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {5.4}{\ignorespaces Summary of frequencies and correlations for NBP5}}{95}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {5.5}{\ignorespaces Summary of frequencies and correlations for NBP1}}{96}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {5.6}{\ignorespaces Summary of propagating waves}}{101}
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\contentsline {xchapter}{Oscillations in {{\sl TRACE}} Observations of the Quiet-Sun Chromosphere}{106}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {6.1}{\ignorespaces Details of {{\sl TRACE}} dataset}}{109}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {6.2}{\ignorespaces Recurrence rates for network pixels}}{123}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {6.3}{\ignorespaces Recurrence rates for internetwork pixels}}{124}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {6.4}{\ignorespaces Peak occurrence rate and Fourier power}}{125}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {6.5}{\ignorespaces Comparison of occurrence rate and Fourier power in each passband}}{126}
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\contentsline {xchapter}{Concluding Remarks and Future Work}{133}